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    Quote Originally Posted by 10-Ring View Post
    There seems to be a trend these days with many new hunters who think they,re going to shoot deer at say 600 meters with their .308 or similar powered cartridge and subsequently mount some huge Hubble type scope on it. Of course, the rifle is completely unbalanced and a liability to carry around. This big zoom scope idea is pushed by many retail sales personnel because big zoom scopes cost a lot more than a simple lightweight smaller fixed or lower magnification zoom scope. Long distance shooting is a skill that has to be mastered. Most newbies from.what I've seen, have no idea how far 600 meters actually is but they have convinced themselves that they are real hunters now and want other hunters to think they are hot shots. I suppose that could be a form of snobbery.
    Outside of the roar, I wonder how much public land hunting is actually done in the bush versus long range shooting on clearings. Social media would indicate more of the latter. Whether that's reality or not, I don't know, maybe the long distance stuff is just easier to film!?

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    Quote Originally Posted by MB View Post
    Outside of the roar, I wonder how much public land hunting is actually done in the bush versus long range shooting on clearings. Social media would indicate more of the latter. Whether that's reality or not, I don't know, maybe the long distance stuff is just easier to film!?
    To shoot film in open country, long distance shots will require heavy lens for quality pictures, bigger and heavier than my Canon 70-200mm F2.8 lens. But in bush or say forest, small background, with Sony x80s or Alpha, Gopro mounted on shoulder height, plus one drone, two people work together can make a good story telling movie. Just, the post production work is a time consuming job, and will need a fast computer to process, intel i7, 16g ram etc....But the entire thing is quite interesting.
    So be it

 

 

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